Your’e right, they keep bringing out these kind of lines so they must be selling well. Talking to a tobacconist in Coventry once & he said the Dracula pipes were extremely popular with the young students in the town. I must be getting old & grumpy, can’t stand any of the ‘gimmicky’ lines myself. Mickey Mouse pipes.
The Dracula and Jekyl 'n Hide lines both scream gimmick to me. Especcially J&H with it's dual finish. Peterson have some great pipes, and I did enjoy the look of a number of the Christmas and St. Patrick's day pipes, but sometimes it feels like walking into a Walmart come any holiday season.
Why do you think I bought these for Visions of Celephäis and the Miskatonic Mixture? They have a very Lovecraftian look about them.
Dracula and Jekyll and Hyde are two of their regular lines.
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My biggest concern with Peterson is that they put out so many special/seasonal lines that their regular lineup suffers. Perhaps the pressure to pump out multiple new lines a year also contributes to their lack of quality control in recent years? Purely speculative of course
Considering the dark stains and rough finishes, rusticated and sandblasted, I would guess the stummels used for the specialty lines are seconds. They just found a way to market them.
I ended up ordering the Baraccini Halloween pipe. It’s a little disappointing—sort of like they took their Strattura Naturale 320 and dipped it in thick orange enamel paint, obscuring much of the texture. But, I’m a sucker for the 320 shape more often than not, and I thought it would be fun to smoke at the end of October.
I like that idea if a Valentines day pipe! Give my wife a reason to buy me a pipe! I'd rock a pink pipe! Don't judge me!
